Athlete had to have attended high school and graduated high school in Nebraska to be eligible for the list.
| The Nebraska 100: Our Greatest Athletes by the Omaha World-Herald |
| Rank |
Name |
Sport |
| 1 |
Bob Gibson |
Baseball, basketball |
| 2 |
Gale Sayers |
Football, track & field |
| 3 |
Grover Cleveland Alexander |
Baseball |
| 4 |
Bob Boozer |
Basketball |
| 5 |
Johnny Rodgers |
Football |
| 6 |
Lloyd Hahn |
Track & field |
| 7 |
Richie Ashburn |
Baseball |
| 8 |
Ahman Greene |
Football, track & field |
| 9 |
Tom Kropp |
Basketball, football |
| 10 |
Jim Hartung |
Gymnastics |
| 11 |
Dazzy Vance |
Baseball |
| 12 |
Ike Mahoney |
Football, basketball, baseball, track & field |
| 13 |
Sam Crawford |
Baseball |
| 14 |
Erick Strickland |
Basketball, baseball, football |
| 15 |
Allison Weston |
Volleyball |
| 16 |
Lloyd Cardwell |
Football, basketball, track & field |
| 17 |
Marlin Briscoe |
Football, basketball |
| 18 |
Gil Dodds |
Track & field |
| 19 |
Ed Weir |
Football, track & field |
| 20 |
Johnny Goodman |
Golf |
| 21 |
Tom Novak |
Football |
| 22 |
Pat Fischer |
Fooball |
| 23 |
Mick Tingelhoff |
Football |
| 24 |
Ron Boone |
Basketball |
| 25 |
Mike McGee |
Basketball |
| 26 |
Nile Kinnick |
Football |
| 27 |
Mel Harder |
Baseball |
| 28 |
Dave Rimington |
Football |
| 29 |
Julie Vollertsen |
Volleyball |
| 30 |
Bob Cerv |
Baseball, basketball |
| 31 |
Carol Moseke Frost |
Track & field |
| 32 |
Maurtice Ivy |
Basketball, track & field |
| 33 |
Roger Sayers |
Track |
| 34 |
Glenn Presnell |
Football |
| 35 |
Kent McCloughan |
Football, track & field |
| 36 |
Bobby Williams |
Football, track & field, basketball, wrestling |
| 37 |
Jay Novacek |
Football, track & field |
| 38 |
Bernie Masterson |
Football |
| 39 |
Guy Chamberlin |
Football |
| 40 |
Karen Dahlgren |
Volleyball |
| 41 |
Roland Locke |
Track & field, football |
| 42 |
Eric Crouch |
Football, track & field |
| 43 |
Steve Hokuf |
Football, basketball, track & field |
| 44 |
Charles Jones |
Track & field, football, basketball, baseball |
| 45 |
Bobby Reynolds |
Football |
| 46 |
Dean Steinkuhler |
Football |
| 47 |
Randy Rasmussen |
Football |
| 48 |
Phil Cahoy |
Gymnastics |
| 49 |
Les Witte |
Basketball, football |
| 50 |
Gary Anderson |
Rifle shooting |
| 51 |
Gregg Olson |
Baseball, football |
| 52 |
Howard Debus |
Track & field, football |
| 53 |
Val Skinner |
Golf |
| 54 |
Tom Rathman |
Football |
| 55 |
Zach Wiegert |
Football |
| 56 |
Bob Hohn |
Football, track & field, basketball |
| 57 |
Carl Vinciquerra |
Boxing, football, wrestling |
| 58 |
Dan Brand |
Wrestling, basketball, football, track & field |
| 59 |
Verne Lewellen |
Football, basketball, track & field, baseball |
| 60 |
Teri Steer |
Track & field |
| 61 |
Cory Schlesinger |
Football |
| 62 |
Les Mann |
Baseball, football, basketball, track & field |
| 63 |
Larry Station |
Football, track & field |
| 64 |
Louise Pound |
Tennis, golf, cycling, ice skating and basketball |
| 65 |
Scott Frost |
Football |
| 66 |
Joe Orduna |
Football |
| 67 |
Kelly Lindsey |
Soccer |
| 68 |
Brad Vering |
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| 69 |
Nancy Kindig-Malone |
Track & field, volleyball, basketball |
| 70 |
George Sauer |
Football |
| 71 |
Angee Henry |
Track & field |
| 72 |
Fred Hare |
Basketball |
| 73 |
Tom Osborne |
Football, basketball, baseball, track & field |
| 74 |
Charles Brock |
Football |
| 75 |
Todd Brown |
Football, Track & Field |
| 76 |
Willard Schmidt |
Basketball |
| 77 |
Johnny Hopp |
Baseball |
| 78 |
John Parrella |
Football |
| 79 |
Chuck Sharpe |
Swimming |
| 80 |
Danny Noonan |
Football |
| 81 |
Eugene Littler |
Track & field, football |
| 82 |
Dave Hoppen |
Basketball |
| 83 |
Scott Usher |
Swimming |
| 84 |
Peaches James |
Softball |
| 85 |
Alice Schmidt |
Track & field |
| 86 |
Bill Brown |
Tennis |
| 87 |
Andre Woolridge |
Basketball |
| 88 |
Denny Brauer |
Professional bass angler |
| 89 |
Charlie Bryant |
Football and wrestling |
| 90 |
Ken Geddes |
Football, basketball, track & field |
| 91 |
Ron Kellogg |
Basketball |
| 92 |
Kerry Trotter |
Basketball |
| 93 |
Steve Brooks |
Horse racing |
| 94 |
John Rhodes |
Football, track & field, baseball, basketball |
| 95 |
Paul Tierney |
Rodeo |
| 96 |
George Flippin |
Football, track & field, wrestling, baseball |
| 97 |
Ed Husmann |
Football |
| 98 |
Joe Scarpello |
Wrestling |
| 99 |
Jeff Kinney |
Football |
| 100 |
Johnny Pesek |
Wrestling |
